Chapter 1: Basic Word Structures Flashcards
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adeno/o
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Gland
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arthr/o
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Joint
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bi/o
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Life
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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cis/o
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To cut
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crin/o
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to secrete
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Cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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cyt/o
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Cell
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derm/o or dermat/o
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skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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Brain
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Enter/o
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Intestines
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Erythr/o
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Red
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Gastr/o
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Stomach
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Glyc/o
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Sugar
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Gnos/o
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knowledge
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Gynec/o
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woman/female
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hemat/o or hem/o
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Blood
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hepat/o
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Liver
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iatr/o
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treatment, physician
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leuk/o
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white
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log/o
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
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Neur/o
Nerve
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onc/o
tumor
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
Bone
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path/o
disease
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ped/o
child
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
X-rays
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ren/o
Kidney
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Rhin/o
Nose
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Sarc/o
Flesh
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Sect/o
To cut
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Thromb/o
Clot, clotting
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Ur/o
Urinary tract, urine
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-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-cyte
Cell
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-ectomy
excision, removal
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-emia
blood condition
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-genic
produced by or in
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-globin
protein
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-gram
Record
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-ic, ical
pertaining to
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-ion
Process
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-ist
Specialist
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-itis
Inflammation
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-logy
Process of study
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-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
Process of viewing
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
disease condition
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-scope
Instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
Process of visually examining
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-sis
State of; condition
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-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
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-y
process, condition
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
self, own
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dia-
complete, through
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endo-
Within
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Epi-
Above, upon
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Ex-, exo-
Out, outside of, outward
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Hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
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Hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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In-
Into, in
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Peri-
Surrounding, around
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Pro-
before, forward
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Re-
Back, backward, again
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Retro-
Behind
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Sub-
Below, under
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Trans-
Across, through
